recognize

How will I recognize you?

and How will I know you?

a question asked by one of two people who have agreed to meet for the first time in a large busy place. Tom: Okay, I'll meet you at the west door of the station. Mary: Fine. How will I recognize you? Tom: I'll be wearing dark glasses.Bill: I'll meet you at six. How will I recognize you? Mary: I'll be carrying a brown umbrella.

recognize someone as someone or something

to accept and acknowledge someone to be someone; to accept and acknowledge something to be something. Mary didn't recognize the lawyer as her legal representative.Lizzy didn't recognize the car as her car.

recognize someone or something by something

recognize someone or something for something

1. to identify someone or something as something. I recognized the deal for a scam as soon as I heard about it.Anyone could recognize Max for a common thief.

2. to show appreciation to someone or something for something. The organization recognized Laura for her excellent contributions to the philanthropy committee. The officers recognized the committee for its outstanding efforts.

recognize something for what it is

and recognize one for what one is

to see and understand exactly what someone or something is or represents. The disease represented a serious threat to all peoples, and Dr. Smith recognized it for what it was. I recognize you for what you are, you scoundrel!

It is not unusual for a black cab to cover more than 1,000,000 miles in a 10 year period so in addition to the need for them to be distinctive and easily recognizable, they have to be durable, reliable and fit for purpose, so the choice of engine by the manufacturers is not lightly made.

Alternately aimed at the shale at his feet or wider desert vistas, the camera records his dusty scroungings, which are synched to subarticulate grunts and moans, punctuated occasionally by recognizable words or phrases ("I have to get that stick").

As in earlier projects (see for instance AR March 1987), Kroll considered that the school should be a group of buildings rather than a single monolith, and that the parts should have recognizable identities.

As pop psychology would say, we own our nellyness, and Peter Paige on Queer as Folk or the brilliant Alec Mapa on Some of My Best Friends or those lovers in The Birdcage are not recognizable stereotypes but recognizable people, as valid as anyone else who is willing to say, "I am what I am.

Ranging from the 1978 From Before to this newest work, the performances offered a sustained and joyous demonstration of a choreographic consistency that has built into a recognizable style without ever precluding invention.

It was very important that the new car had a strong familial resemblance and was recognizable in the blink of an eye as a TT," says the Argentina-born designer, noting it was critical to maintain the circular wheel arches, dome-shaped roofline and overall stance of the original.

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